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“The Kurdish minority has been cozying up to the Iranians and given the traditional hatred between the Iranians and the Iraqis, maybe Saddam Hussein sees this as a threat to his dominance of the Kurdish area north of the 36th Parallel.”

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William Taylor

William Taylor, born in 1821 in the United Kingdom, was a prominent bishop known for his significant contributions to religious education and charitable work. He made a profound impact on the local community through his dedication to church education and social services. more

“There were positive things about the church, that is, in the European cultural sense, the architecture, the liturgy, the music, the art, such as it was, the stations of the cross in the church, the tradition, and the atmosphere of awe and mystery in the mass. The atmosphere of miracle, one of mainly mystery, that's what fascinates me.”

Art Church Mystery Mass Tradition Crosses Miracle Architecture Atmosphere Awe Stations Positive Things Liturgy

Author:Frank McCourt

“Before the famine, which was in the 1840s, that was an emotional turning point... There are various documents showing how the Elizabethan English, in particular, were shocked by Irish displays of affection, by the way women acted toward strangers, walking up and putting their arms around them and kissing them right full on the mouth.”

Way Emotional Particular Arms Walking Kissing Mouths Affection Various Stranger Display Documents Shocked Famine Turning Points Elizabethan

Author:Frank McCourt

“Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before!”

Giving Heart Beauty Dear Stealing Deceit Pulse

Book:The Grave: A Poem

Source: The Grave: A Poem

“The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard, Those bold insurancers of deathless fame, Supply their little feeble aids in vain.”

Men Littles Dies Fame Lays Aids Faster Vain Schemes Sculptors Deathless Bards

Book:The Poetical Works of Robert Blair: Containing The Grave, Etc., to which is Prefixed, A Life of the Author, by Robert Anderson, Accompanied by Prints, Designed and Engraved by W. Gardiner

Source: The Poetical Works of Robert Blair: Containing The Grave, Etc., to which is Prefixed, A Life of the Author, by Robert Anderson, Accompanied by Prints, Designed and Engraved by W. Gardiner

“The tap'ring pyramid, the Egyptian's pride, And wonder of the world, whose spiky top Has wounded the thick cloud.”

World Wonder Pride Clouds Rings Thick Wounded Pyramids Egyptian Wonder Of The World

Book:The grave,: a poem,

Source: The grave,: a poem,

“The common damn'd shun their society.”

Common Suicide Damn

Book:The Grave and Other Select Poems on the Common Lot of Man

Source: The Grave and Other Select Poems on the Common Lot of Man

“Unless devotion is given to the thing which must prove false in the end, the thing that is true in the end cannot enter.”

Ends Given Prove Devotion

Book:He Came Down From Heaven

Source: He Came Down From Heaven